Cessna 337 Super Skymaster   N2139X                        (c/n  337-0039)

                                     

                                        I think, when I took this photo at Van Nuys back in 1965 that I had used a yellow filter,
                                        causing the sky appearance to be dark.  I have several shots like this, and, whilst the print
                                        doesn't look too bad, they don't scan (at least with my ancient scanner), too well.
                                        Anyway, the 337 first appeared on the market in 1965, so this aircraft was brand new
                                        at the time      It differed from the earlier 336 (non-Super) Skymaster in that it had a
                                        retractable u/c.  Just how much better performance this created I have been unable to glean.
                                        Maybe not much.  N2139X is still on the register, and lives in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota.